Quotes About Integrity

Walter Cronkite was a personally decent and convivial man, who literally couldn't kill a fly, was kind to his children, generally helpful to juniors, authentically curious about the news, and, in his time, an energetic reporter.

But the reporter has the responsibility to determine, number one, whether that is true, and number two, to make a judgment as to whether it's in the public interest and whether or not it should be part of the debate.

There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.

What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things - especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa.

I would never have been a good reporter because I am not accurate regarding facts.

I'm just a reporter.

I tell the truth. That's my training as a reporter.

I'm not Ben Askren or a lot of these fighters. I've never called a reporter like, hey, I want to be on your show, book me, you know?

I want to be able to go on a date, hang with all of my friends, and not be outed on someone else's terms by some reporter.

I think that there's become a very clickbait mentality among a lot of reporters, where they're more interested in their clip or their click than they are about the truth and the facts.

What you realize hanging out with investigative reporters is that, while they may be personally liberal, they don't let that get in the way of a good story.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

At the end of the day, there is still one function of journalism that cannot be computerized, and that is reporters. You're always going to need reporters.

It's about being right and trying to get the facts and get the story right, and inform, you know, the readership or the viewership. And there are some reporters that do that.

I've learned that the best political reporters never make predictions!

The best crime reporters don't mind charging in - but they also know how to do it as decent human beings.

There should be no doubt about my commitment to responding to questions from reporters in the same language that the question is asked.

As reporters, we not only deliver the news of the day. We must also defend the truth. And just because we are pro-truth doesn't mean we are anti-Trump.

Yes, there's still much good journalism to be found, if you know where to look. Yet, ask reporters who've been around a while, and many will tell you that a lot of good journalism is being left unpublished.

I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night.

It seems to me if you don't know anything about child development you shouldn't intimate in your 'reporting' that you do.

I would love for us to get back to a place in this country where we have real journalists, where we have real news reporting.

Good reporting is good reporting, regardless of the newness or oldness of the medium.

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.